One size does not fit all: Evaluating an intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ackerman, Sara L ^a   Gonzales, Ralph ^a   Stahl, Melissa S ^b   Metlay, Joshua P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Clinician practice patterns; Patient education; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRONCHITIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84886732890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-462     Document Type: Article

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